Bitcoin Private (BTCP) Price Up 0.5% This Week

Bitcoin Private (BTCP) traded flat against the dollar during the 1-day period ending at 11:00 AM Eastern on December 27th. Over the last week, Bitcoin Private has traded 0.5% higher against the dollar. One Bitcoin Private coin can now be purchased for approximately $0.19 or 0.00000700 BTC on exchanges. Bitcoin Private has a market capitalization of $910.56 thousand and approximately $24.10 worth of Bitcoin Private was traded on exchanges in the last 24 hours.

Here is how similar cryptocurrencies have performed over the last 24 hours:

• Zcash (ZEC) traded 17.6% higher against the dollar and now trades at $519.26 or 0.00593405 BTC.
• Horizen (ZEN) traded 16.5% higher against the dollar and now trades at $9.16 or 0.00010472 BTC.
• Pirate Chain (ARRR) traded 0.1% higher against the dollar and now trades at $0.27 or 0.00000307 BTC.
• Bitcoin Gold (BTG) traded down 0% against the dollar and now trades at $0.54 or 0.00000614 BTC.
• Komodo (KMD) traded 0.6% higher against the dollar and now trades at $0.0364 or 0.00000042 BTC.
• ZClassic (ZCL) traded down 7.3% against the dollar and now trades at $0.24 or 0.00000275 BTC.

Bitcoin Private Coin Profile

Bitcoin Private (BTCP) is a proof-of-work (PoW) coin that uses the Equihash hashing algorithm. Its launch date was March 3rd, 2018. Bitcoin Private’s total supply is 22,815,307 coins and its circulating supply is 4,785,761 coins. Bitcoin Private’s official website is btcprivate.org. The Reddit community for Bitcoin Private is https://reddit.com/r/btc_private and the currency’s Github account can be viewed here. Bitcoin Private’s official Twitter account is @bitcoinprivate and its Facebook page is accessible here.

According to CryptoCompare, “Bitcoin Private (BTCP) is a Bitcoin hard fork with the snapshot happening on February 28th, the fork will consist of a mix between BTC and ZCL.BTCP will use ZClassic (zk-snarks). This means payments are published on a public blockchain, but the sender, recipient and other transactional metadata remain unidentifiable.”

Buying and Selling Bitcoin Private

It is usually not currently possible to buy alternative cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin Private directly using U.S. dollars. Investors seeking to trade Bitcoin Private should first buy Ethereum or Bitcoin using an exchange that deals in U.S. dollars such as GDAX, Coinbase or Gemini. Investors can then use their newly-acquired Ethereum or Bitcoin to buy Bitcoin Private using one of the aforementioned exchanges.

BTCP/USD price chart by TradingView